Plants obey (and disobey) the island rule
| Autor: | Matthew Biddick, Annemieke L. H. Hendriks, Kevin C. Burns |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0303 health sciences Multidisciplinary Insular dwarfism Ecology Perspective (graphical) Biological Sciences 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences insular gigantism size diversity Genealogy 03 medical and health sciences Geography size evolution functional trait insular dwarfism 030304 developmental biology |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
| ISSN: | 1091-6490 0027-8424 |
| Popis: | The island rule predicts that small animals evolve to become larger on islands, while large animals evolve to become smaller. It has been studied for over half a century, and its validity is fiercely debated. Here, we provide a perspective on the debate by conducting a test of the island rule in plants. Results from an extensive dataset on islands in the southwest Pacific illustrate that plant stature and leaf area obey the island rule, but seed size does not. Our results indicate that the island rule may be more pervasive than previously thought and that support for its predictions varies among functional traits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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